Prison without walls: Short, angry Charles served just two years for crushing his fiancée to death. Now a fearless move by the girl's mother means he will NEVER know peace: CANDACE SUTTON | Daily Mail Online


A man convicted of killing his fiancée by running her over with his car is now on dating apps, prompting outrage from the victim's family and highlighting the need for a national domestic violence registry.
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A criminal convicted of crushing his fiancée to death when he hit her with his ute is back on dating sites and recently went on a singles retreat searching for love.

Charles McKenzie Ross Evans, who was originally charged with Alicia Little's murder, has posted images of himself shirtless, tagged his social media profiles 'In Lust We Must' and joined a local 'single and mingle' club.

He is also on the dating apps Tinder and Bumble and has disturbed Alicia's family by writing on one social media profile, 'Don't know why I done it...  I'll do it again'.

Back in 2019, a court was told Ms Little called police on December 28, 2017, in fear of her 'drunk and abusive' partner, minutes before Charles Evans drove his ute at her, pinning her against a water tank on their property in Kyneton, 95km northwest of Melbourne.

Evans struck the mother-of-four with his Toyota HiLux after she told him she was planning to leave him because of his coercive control and violence. 

Ms Little suffered severe blunt trauma, rib and shoulder blade fractures, a fractured pelvis, lacerations of her liver, and bleeding in her lungs 

It is not known if she could have been saved because Evans fled the scene, leaving Alicia to die alone from the catastrophic injuries on the remote property.

Evans later alleged Ms Little was mentally ill and falsely claimed she had taken her own life. 

Alicia Little was in a four-year relationship with Evans (above) marred by domestic violence and had been in the process of leaving him when she was struck by his Toyota HiLux and died

Lee Little frantically texted her daughter back but when she saw a news report about a woman killed at Kyneton she 'just knew it was my Alicia'. Above, SES workers impound Evans' car near the water tank where Alicia was crushed on the property

Bios on Charles Evans' social media profiles made Alicia Little's mother feel uncomfortable

He served just 32 months in prison after brokering a plea deal with Victorian prosecutors that saw his original charge of murdering Ms Little dropped and lesser charges of dangerous driving causing death and failing to render assistance applied.

The deal saw him walk free from a Victorian jail and move to Queensland where the now 52-year-old frequently shows off his 160cm (5'4") physique online. 

Alicia's mother Lee Little has kept tabs on Evans' whereabouts to warn women who might otherwise unknowingly hook up with him on dating websites, and says she is shocked that 'he can go on Bumble and Tinder with a criminal record'. 

Two years ago, he tried to date one of the dead woman's best friends, swiping right on Alicia's girlfriend's Bumble profile in the hope she would like him back.

The appalled woman told Ms Little's family about the Bumble connection, saying: 'You're not gonna believe this - this thing tried to match with me.'

Lee Little, who is campaigning in her daughter's memory to establish a national domestic violence register, said Evans had even sent her and her family members friend requests via social media, which is 'frankly disgusting'.

Lee wants the National Database for Domestic Violence to keep track of offenders who, like Evans, move from state to state. Her Change.org petition Justice for Alicia Little now has more than 55,000 signatures.

Charles Evans appears to now be living in the Ipswich area, having joined the 'Ipswich and Surrounding Qld single meet and mingle' group. 

Evans fled the scene after fatally striking Alicia Little (above), leaving her to die from catastrophic injuries, but later had his murder charge dropped in a plea deal with prosecutors

Charles Evans is on dating websites and recently went on a singles retreat looking for love, or, as he put it on one social media profile, 'In Lust We Must'

Friends and family of the late Alicia Little are appalled at Charles Evans' online social media mottos, including one referring to 'lust' (left). Alicia Little's final text to her mother (right) predicted drama but could not have foretold her tragic death

One of his Facebook profile pages says he is 'old enough to know better, young enough not to care' and 'rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission'. 

'I LIKED IT AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN' 

Lee revealed the full profile caption Evans posted, which she said made her feel uncomfortable: 'Don't no why I done it, Don't no why I liked it, Don't no why I'll do it again [sic]'. 

Evans' Bumble profile claims he is interested in 'meditation' and 'mindfulness'. His bio states he is 'not as good as I once was but good once as I ever was'.

He claimed he 'almost never' works out, does not smoke, drinks only socially and is 'not sure yet' about children.

This is despite the fact he has adult children from his former marriage to Victorian woman Kim Bermingham, and their daughter wrote a victim impact statement against her father for his 2019 court sentencing over Alicia's death. 

Evans' Victorian court sentencing previously heard he had threatened Alicia's male relatives, as well as her mother Lee.

In 2019, Victorian Supreme Court Justice Lesley Taylor quoted the words Lee Little had heard Evans say to her daughter just prior to the young woman's death: 'Bring your brothers, bring your uncles. I don't care. I'm a f***ing Evans and I'll go through the lot of them.'

When sentencing Evans to a maximum of four years, Justice Taylor noted his four-year relationship with Alicia had 'been marked by episodes of family violence'.

Alicia Little (above with Charles Evans) was preparing to leave him when he struck her with his ute, causing terrible injuries, although it is not known whether she could have been saved because he fled the scene, leaving her to die

Evans' murder charged was dropped and he ended up serving just 23 months in prison

Alicia Little, a mother of four, was just 41 when she died after being slammed by Charles Evans' ute which caused catastrophic injuries. He fled the scene

Evans, now 52, claims online he 'almost never' works out, doesn't smoke, drinks only socially and is 'not sure yet' about children, despite having two with another woman

'Ms Little told her mother by telephone that she was packing and that you were verbally abusing her. You could be heard in the background speaking abuse to Ms Little,' Justice Taylor said.

The same court heard Alicia had endured a volatile relationship with Evans, before finally vowing after Christmas 2017 she was leaving him once and for all.

ALICIA LITTLE'S STORY

At 3.29pm on December 28, 2017, Alicia, a trapeze artist, texted her mother Lee, saying 'in the next 24 hours there is going to be drama'.

At 3.41pm, she dialled Triple-0 to ask police to come and remove Charles Evans, her partner, who was drunk and was scaring her on their farm in Victoria's Macedon Ranges.

In less than an hour, Alicia was dead.

Police found the bubbly 41-year-old mother foaming at the mouth. She died where she lay.

A court would later hear that Evans, angry at Alicia for calling police, had snatched her phone and got into his car.

When she went outside to get her phone back, he hit her with the HiLux at a speed of between 12 and 16km/h.

SES workers impound a car at the Kyneton property after Alicia was found dying after being struck by Evans' Toyota HiLux

Alicia Little, a trapeze artist, at first bonded with Charles Evans over their love of horses, but the relationship would turn violent. Alicia with her father (above, right) both worked in the show and entertainment industry

Lee Little (above with family members outside court) is now campaigning to have a national database of DV offenders to keep track of people like Charles Evans

Justice Taylor said Evans' 'moderate speed' behind the wheel 'renders your failure to avoid Ms Little more, not less, inexplicable.

'Police analysis suggests that Ms Little was facing towards the vehicle when she was struck on her right-hand side by the front driver side of your vehicle.

'The force of the impact caused Ms Little to rotate clockwise through 180 degrees as the vehicle was skidding. Her back was struck by the leading edge of the utility tray... Ms Little's DNA was located on the leading edge of the tray on the driver's side.

'Scrape marks on the side of the tank match damage to the driver's side of the vehicle.

HE FLED THE SCENE AS SHE LAY DYING 

'Ms Little suffered multiple injuries, including severe blunt trauma, multiple rib fractures, [shoulder blade] fractures, extensive bruising to the back, pelvic fractures, lacerations of the liver, and lung contusions.

'You did nothing to assist Ms Little. You left the scene.'

An autopsy revealed Ms Little's body had been crushed between Evans' car and a concrete water tank, and she suffered massive internal haemorrhaging.

That afternoon, after Lee Little had received no further texts from her daughter, she saw on television that a woman's body had been found at Kyneton.

After Lee Little had received no further texts from her daughter (above, Alicia Little), she saw on television that a woman's body had been found at Kyneton and she knew 'it was my Alicia'

Charles Evans went to prison for a maximum four years but in reality served 23 months and since emerging from a Victorian jail has move two states away

Charles Evans wearing a mask and bizarre hat after his jail release following less than two  years in a Victorian prison 

She felt sick and frantically texted Alicia, writing, 'Are you okay. Just seen tv,' and then 'I'm trying to send you a msg. Are you ok.'

She later said she 'just knew it was my Alicia'.

Lee and family members drove 230km from their home to the property, where they embraced in grief as police explained nothing could be done for Alicia.

Police's initial charge of murder against Evans changed after negotiations with his lawyer.

The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions dropped the charge so Evans could plead guilty to dangerous driving causing death and fail to render assistance.

Sentenced to a minimum two-and-half years in prison, Evans qualified for parole in July 2021.

Lee Little has pleaded for the Albanese government to address the explosion of domestic violence cases and deaths by setting up a database so that that men such as Evans 'can be tracked when they cross state lines' rather than simply disappear.

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